getProperties()

returns an object with the available configuration attributes of the control

getProperties(): ITextareaProps;

Returns:

An object with the available attributes of the control and their values.

Example

const form = new dhx.Form("form_container", {
    rows: [
        {
            type: "textarea",
            name:"textarea",
            label: "textarea",
            labelWidth: "70px",
            value: "Some nice text",
            width:400
        }
    ]
});

form.getItem("textarea").getProperties();

// the returned object
{
    errorMessage: "",
    height: "content",
    helpMessage: "",
    hiddenLabel: false,
    label: "textarea",
    labelPosition: "top",
    labelWidth: "70px",
    maxlength: undefined,
    minlength: undefined,
    padding: 0,
    placeholder: "",
    preMessage: "",
    readOnly: false,
    required: false,
    successMessage: "",
    validation: undefined,
    width: 400
}

The returned object of the Textarea control can contain the following configuration attributes:

validation	(object,function) the rule of input validation
placeholder	(string) a tip for the textarea
readOnly	(boolean) defines whether a textarea is readonly
width	(string\|number\|"content") the width of a control
height	(string\|number\|"content") the height of a control
padding	(string\|number) sets padding between a cell and a border of the Textarea control
minlength	(string\|number) the minimum number of characters allowed in the textarea
maxlength	(string\|number) the maximum number of characters allowed in the textarea
label	(string) specifies a label for a control
labelWidth	(string\|number) sets the width of the label of a control
hiddenLabel	(boolean) invisible label that will be used to identify the input on the server side
labelPosition	(string) defines the position of a label: "left"\|"top"
required	(boolean) defines whether a control is required
helpMessage	(string) adds a help message to a control
preMessage	(string) a message that contains instructions for interacting with the control
successMessage	(string) a message that appears in case of successful validation of the control value
errorMessage	(string) a message that appears in case of error during validation of the control value

Change log:

added in v7.0